Heinrich Laehr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German psychiatrist
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Place of Birth: Żagań, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
About Heinrich Laehr
- Heinrich Laehr (10 March 1820 – 18 August 1905) was a German psychiatrist born in Sagan, Silesia. In 1843 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Halle, where he was a student of Peter Krukenberg (1787–1865).
- In 1848 he became an assistant to Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (1798–1866) at the Provinzial-Irrenanstalt outside of Halle.
- In 1853 he founded Schweizerhof, a mental asylum for women at Zehlenderf-Berlin.
- Despite numerous obstacles, the institution experienced expansion throughout his lifetime.
- In 1889 his son Hans (1856–1929) became medical director of the clinic.
- In 1898 at Zehlendorf he established Haus Schönow, a sanatorium for individuals with nervous disorders.
- His son Max (1865–1936) served as its director. Laehr was a pioneer of the psychiatric asylum system, known for his talents in organization.
- He was instrumental in the planning and development of institutions at Lengerich (1864), Eberswalde (1865), Andernach (1867), Schwerin (1874), Merzig (1876), Düren and Owinsk (1880), Berlin-Dalldorf, Grafenberg (1882) and Potsdam (1886).
- From 1885 he was editor-in-chief of the Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie und psychisch-gerichtliche Medicin.
- In addition, he was co-founder and chairman of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie (1867–1898). His name is associated with "Laehr-Henneberg hard palate", a reflex associated with pseudobulbar palsy.
- It occurs when the hard palate is tickled, resulting in contraction of the orbicularis oris muscle and lowering of the upper lip.
- The reflex is named in conjunction with neurologist Richard Henneberg (1868–1962).
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